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Today In NHL History - Jannik Hansen Beats Rask

On December 14th in 2013, Danish winger Jannik Hansen fired an 88 foot center ice slapshot that deflected off Slovak defenseman Zdena Chara's stick and knuckled past Finnish backstop Tuukka Rask, giving the Vancouver Canucks a 1-0 lead against the Boston Bruins. The Canucks put three more pucks past Rask before being pulled, then added two goals to complete the 6-2 rout

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Today In NHL History - Shore Hits Bailey

On December 12th in 1933, Boston Bruins blueliner Eddie Shore drilled Toronto Maple Leafs scoring sensation Ace Bailey in response to physical play by penalty killers King Clancy and Red Horner. Horner recalls, "He [Shore] hit Bailey and flipped him in the air, just like a rag doll. Bailey landed on his head just a few feet from where I was standing. Bailey hit the ice and he went into some kind

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Today In NHL History - Ryan Scores Koivu's Stick

On December 12th in 2010, Mikko Koivu of the Minnesota Wild stripped Anaheim Ducks forward Bobby Ryan of his stick without whistle, having lost his own earlier in the play. Unable to recover the lumber, Silver fetched the Finn's abandoned off-handed hardware and scored. In celebration of the Ducks fifth goal, Ryan proudly paraded the borrowed blade to the visiting captain Koivu in recognition of

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Today In NHL History - Tiger Williams Rides Stick

On December 10th in 1980, Vancouver Canucks forward Tiger Williams famously rode his hockey stick the length of the Maple Leaf Gardens ice in celebration of a goal scored against Jim Rutherford in his first visit to Toronto since he was traded by the team ten months earlier. Drafted by Toronto 31st overall in 1974, Tiger spent his first six NHL seasons leading the Leafs in penalty minutes,

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Flashback Friday: Looking at the trade with the Wild that netted the Oilers Dwayne Roloson in 2005-06

Goaltending has been an obvious sore spot for the Edmonton Oilers in 2025-26. So much so that they did something that’s not often done, trading their starter mid-season for a different season. Similarly, the Colorado Avalanche addressed their goaltending situation early into the 2024-25 season, trading for both Mackenzie Blackwood and Scott Wedgewood. You’d be…

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Oilers place Tristan Jarry on IR, recall Connor Ingram from the Condors

On Friday, the Edmonton Oilers announced that goaltender Tristan Jarry has been placed on injured reserve, while netminder Connor Ingram has been recalled from the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors. They also shared that forward Jack Roslovic has been moved to long-term injured reserve. The #Oilers have placed goaltender Tristan Jarry on injured reserve, moved forward Jack…

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Jarry Injured? An Ingram Recall? Bouchard on Team Canada?

Tristan Jarry left last night’s game with an injury. It looked like it might be a muscle strain (maybe core or groin), but nothing is confirmed yet. Here is the video. Calvin Pickard has taken over the crease after Tristan Jarry left due to a lower-body injury, per the broadcast.

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Who says no to these 11 trades (featuring things that can't actually be traded)?

It’s been a week, but most of us are still in shock. NHL GMs actually did it. They pulled off the impossible: meaningful midseason trades. More than one, even . Well, if they can do it, so can we. Welcome back to “Who Says No?”, the feature where you send me your trade proposals involving things that can not be traded. We tried this over the summer , with trades involving Brass Bonanza, Carlton the Bear and the 1999 Super Bowl. Were any of those trades realistic? No they were not. But neither ...

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A Matter of Time

Not many coaches have done more for a single program than Rick Gotkin has done for Mercyhurst...

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The Hockey Show - Episode 691

The Hockey Show , Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, was all set and ready for a night of laughs and hockey action while being live at a local rink, but Mother Nature had other ideas as Winnipeg was walloped by a snowstorm last night. Since then, it feels like I've been chasing my tail in trying to ensure plans are still on, coming up with contingency plans, and figuring out whether traveling to anywhere is worth the effort. The good news is that we figured it...

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Scenes From Morning Skate: Bruins vs. Oilers a battle of over and under performers

Progress isn’t measured in declarations, or promises or locker room speeches. It’s tracked through results, through effort, through exceeding expectations Which makes tonight’s clash between the Oilers and Boston Bruins exactly what Edmonton needs. The Oilers carry a 16-12-6 record into Boston, sitting in the playoff picture but far from where they were expected to…

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A closer look at Connor McDavid’s December heater

After a slow start to the season by his lofty standards, Connor McDavid has finally caught fire. On Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins, he recorded his third four-point performance of the month, propelling him to the top of the NHL scoring leaderboard for the first time this season. Before this recent run of dominance,…

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